Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-04-15
STATE NEWS.
Quarantine Against New York Cattle


The Vermont state board of cattle com
missioners issued Monday an order prohib-
iting the introduction into this state Of cat
tie from the state of New York, except
such as may he loaded in cars for transit
through the state. This order was based
on the information that contagious diseases
exist among cattle at Bennington and
salisbury, which hal been brought over
from New York. Owing to the quarantine
established by Massachusetts, against cattle
from Vermont, over 100 cars of stock are
now detained in the state which were des-
tined for points in Massachusetts The
commissioners say that the disease at Ben
ningtun and SALISBURY is not pleuro-pne
MONA, but some strange disease which they
cannot name. Those two towns are quar-
antined for the present to await develop
ments.
Later information says that "a post NOR
TEN examination shows the disease which
atllicts the Bennington and SALISBURY
herds to be anthrax, disease which,
though of a serious nature, is much less 50
than pleuru pneumonia. So far "a fatal
eases have been heard Of all of which were
among a lot of 1913 calves that were brought
from the west last fall to Albany and thence
to Bennington county, or in herds in which
some of these calves had been placed. The
commissioners have acted promptly in the
matter, and if necessary will take radical
measures to exterminate the disease in Ben
nington county and protect the rest Of the
state
What AnthrRH Is.
The state board of health of Maine makes
the following report in regard to this dis
ease
i. Mali.
nant Pustule; CharbonD This disease has pre-
vailed but little in New England. but In some couF
tries 1t has been "a yeritable scOurge TO the hus
bandman attacking cattle, horses sheep and quite
frequently other animals and man Sixty or 20
per cent Of the animals attacked die. The peri
cd of incubation Is short, from Few hours %
three or four days The symptoms vary so much
In different cases that no concise description OF
them can be given. The apOplectic form may
kill in few minutes or In several hours, the acute
in few hours or days, and other forms are slow.
er in their course There Is usually evidence OF
severe blood poisoning trembling, difficulty OF
breathing, dark purplish color OF the mucous
membranes spaslns or commissions GOODNESS of
the eXtremities, and death After death the blood
is often found dark and tarry, and dark, Serious,
or semi gplatinous nfitrations are frequent, This
disease Is intensely contagious. Malignant pus-
tule the came disease, has often been collnluni-
Gated to men by handling wool OF hides IRON ant
mails which have had anthrax, and the disease
may be carried from one animal 10 another by
the bites Of flies.
Preventive measures include strict quarantine
Of sick animals, immediate destruction with fire
of the carcasses Of the dead, Or, when this IL i'm
practicable, very deep burial with fencing Of the
place to keep other animals from the spot, and
very thorough disinfection Of everything possibly
contaminated.
where the Money was Hid.
The mystery connected with the disap-
pearunce of Sl2, 900 in money and bonds
| from A. g. Whittelnores office at Burling
ton was solved Saturday by the confession
| of Mrs. Eunice Walch, who was arrested
ON the charge of committing the theft.
| Money amounting TO 800 was found on her
person, but in spite of "a weeks search by
| officers the tin cash-box and 81 900 IN
stocks and bonds could not be found. II
| having been learned that Mrs. Walch was
[ a morphine victim, the drug was taken
away from her and she acted like raving
maniac. The city physician ordered the
| drug restored 10 her, and when II had takei
effect she agreed to tell where the box wa
ON being assured that she would not b,
prosecuted. Following her directions I
/ LAWYER found the box and papers concealed
under the doorstep Of a house on King
street, not a block away from the city hall
She is not considered responsible, and vii
probably he taken To the asylum.
Lots Of Water.
The Burlington Free Press of Tuesda!
| says The volume OF water poufeu llll'
Lake Champlain, in the last two days by
the sudden melting of the great body o
snow which has covered the valley, woul'
make good sized lake. The lake rose MINI
inches, between noon on Sunday and O
clock p NJ, Monday. That is an inch II
every three hours, for period Of twenty
seven hours. This rise is beyond all recen
precedent
A mean thief stole the Easter offering o
$50 given last Sunday by the congregation
of the Montpelier Roman Catholic church
together with as much more church money
or about 500 in all The priest took tn
money to his residence adjoining the churcl
and put it in drawer in his writing desk
While he and his household were at higl
mass the thief entered the house throug
a window. broke open the desk and stol
the money. On the same day the alms-bo!
was stolen from the church, broken open
and its contents taken.
The American institute of instruction
will hold its 5Sth annual meeting at Burling
ton. July IS, 1887. Arrangements are i
progress for the usual reduced railroad an
hotel rates.
The Vermont Central railroad Tuesda
settled for $500 with John S. Shull of Ne'
Haven, Ct, injured at the White River di'
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